Can you visit the Scheverlingenburg?

No, the remaining rampart lies on private land within a residential area and is not open to the public.

What remains of the Scheverlingenburg today?

Only a roughly fifty-metre stretch of the prehistoric earthen rampart survives, up to ten metres high.

How old is the Scheverlingenburg?

The rampart dates to the pre-Roman Iron Age, while the medieval stronghold is first documented in 1091.

Who owned the Scheverlingenburg in the Middle Ages?

According to later chronicles it belonged to the Saxon noble family of the Brunonen, later passing by inheritance to the Welfs.

Scheverlingenburg

Schwülper

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Schwülper

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Gifhorn CastleOpen to visitors18 km

Scheverlingenburg stands in Schwülper (Landkreis Gifhorn), in Lower Saxony, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

The Scheverlingenburg is a fortification remnant in Walle, part of the municipality of Schwülper in the Landkreis Gifhorn, Lower Saxony. The site originated as a semicircular earthen rampart built during the pre-Roman Iron Age, between the seventh and fifth centuries BC, on a plateau above the confluence of the Oker and Schunter rivers. A medieval stronghold later stood here, first documented in 1091, though none of its structures have survived. What remains today is a roughly fifty-metre stretch of the old rampart, up to ten metres high and covered with trees.

What to know

The surviving rampart section lies on private property within a residential area and cannot be visited.
No buildings of the medieval stronghold remain; only the prehistoric earthwork is still visible from outside.
The site is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Germany.
There are no visiting hours or fees since the site has no public access.

Where this château is

Schwülper · Landkreis Gifhorn · Niedersachsen

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Address

Schwülper, Landkreis Gifhorn

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland

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Frequently asked

Can you visit the Scheverlingenburg?: No, the remaining rampart lies on private land within a residential area and is not open to the public.
What remains of the Scheverlingenburg today?: Only a roughly fifty-metre stretch of the prehistoric earthen rampart survives, up to ten metres high.
How old is the Scheverlingenburg?: The rampart dates to the pre-Roman Iron Age, while the medieval stronghold is first documented in 1091.
Who owned the Scheverlingenburg in the Middle Ages?: According to later chronicles it belonged to the Saxon noble family of the Brunonen, later passing by inheritance to the Welfs.